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representative to afghanistan and pakistan, marc roseman. i want to thank he and his wife for greeg agreeing to serve our nation once more. so leon panetta of the defense department, david petraeus at the c.i.a., ambassador crocker and general john allen in afghanistan. these are the leaders that i've chosen to help guide us through the difficult days ahead. i will look to them and my entire national security team for their counsel, continuity, and unity of effort that this moment in history demands. and our people on the front lines, our brave troops, our outstanding intelligence personnel, our dedicated diplomats will look to them for the leadership that this effort requires. i urge our friends in the senate to confirm these individuals as swiftly as possible so they can assume their duties and help meet the urgent challenges we confront as a nation. we are a nation still at war and joined by leaders along side me today, i will continue to do everything in my power as commander-in-chief to keep our nation strong and the american people saf
representative to afghanistan and pakistan, marc roseman. i want to thank he and his wife for greeg agreeing to serve our nation once more. so leon panetta of the defense department, david petraeus at the c.i.a., ambassador crocker and general john allen in afghanistan. these are the leaders that i've chosen to help guide us through the difficult days ahead. i will look to them and my entire national security team for their counsel, continuity, and unity of effort that this moment in history...
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we are not going to do iraq again or afghanistan again. i don't think we need to do them again to the country safe from the terrorist threat. i think we are going to use a different model than places like timoney and somalia and it's going to be about training and equipping and supporting local forces, sharing intelligence with them, maybe using our manned aircraft or predator aircraft, may be vocationally special forces.
we are not going to do iraq again or afghanistan again. i don't think we need to do them again to the country safe from the terrorist threat. i think we are going to use a different model than places like timoney and somalia and it's going to be about training and equipping and supporting local forces, sharing intelligence with them, maybe using our manned aircraft or predator aircraft, may be vocationally special forces.
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they are going across the border and attacking our forces in afghanistan. is clear there is a relationship there. there is a relationship with l.e.t. this is a group that goes into india and threatens attacks there. they do not provide visas. and yet, there is no choice but to maintain a relationship with pakistan. why? because we are fighting a war there. because we are fighting al qaeda there, and they do give us some cooperation in that effort, because they do represent an important force in that region, because they do happen to be a nuclear power that has nuclear weapons, and we have to be concerned about what happens with those nuclear weapons. so for all those reasons, we have got to maintain a relationship with pakistan. and -- as i said, it is complicated. there will be ups and downs. the secretary and i have spent countless hours going to pakistan, talking to their leaders, trying to get their cooperation. >> let me ask the two of you to take us into a conversation you might have together in the privacy of several hundred people. [laughter] this w
they are going across the border and attacking our forces in afghanistan. is clear there is a relationship there. there is a relationship with l.e.t. this is a group that goes into india and threatens attacks there. they do not provide visas. and yet, there is no choice but to maintain a relationship with pakistan. why? because we are fighting a war there. because we are fighting al qaeda there, and they do give us some cooperation in that effort, because they do represent an important force in...
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an update on operations in afghanistan. joining us is major-general james mallory, with the nato aining mission. he is the afghan deputy commanding general for the army. first off, there are reports in the united states talking about two and attempted suicide bombings in afgnistan, some dealing with the work of security forces. can you give us an update? guest: well, every day here we face the threat of suicide bombings because it is essentially the last strategy that the taliban has. they have failed in their attempts to take territory, havingeen ejected from considerable amounts of territory that they traditionally controlled. they have not been able to mount any kind of conventional force attacks, to retake those territories, so they are resorting to those actions to get as big a bang for the buck as they can, to strike some terror into the hearts of people. host: as far as the afghan security forces are concerned, how prepared are they as of today to withstand these attacks and fight against the taliban? guest: well, th
an update on operations in afghanistan. joining us is major-general james mallory, with the nato aining mission. he is the afghan deputy commanding general for the army. first off, there are reports in the united states talking about two and attempted suicide bombings in afgnistan, some dealing with the work of security forces. can you give us an update? guest: well, every day here we face the threat of suicide bombings because it is essentially the last strategy that the taliban has. they have...
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we were really focused on their military potential, invasion of afghanistan, we were not asking that question. not asking the question, we did not get much of an answer. imagine if an analyst had approached mr. reagan early in his term and said, i don't think you have to worry about the invasion of a tennis fan and military power or expansion into the third world. what you ought to be worried about facing the prospect this place will collapse may be within a dozen years, my guess is that mr. reagan would -- that analyst would probably have found himself or herself counting submarines in the aleutians. [laughter] i have come through my years as a consumer banking that intelligence is really about telling stories and adjusting stories. , then don't have a story information is just a factoid. when the story gets too fixed, we call that a mindset. it often leads to intelligence failures. but we did not have a story for understanding of those demographics or exploding toasters. instead we had restored a said we know and soviet defense is a thing apart. other people said we had a story tha
we were really focused on their military potential, invasion of afghanistan, we were not asking that question. not asking the question, we did not get much of an answer. imagine if an analyst had approached mr. reagan early in his term and said, i don't think you have to worry about the invasion of a tennis fan and military power or expansion into the third world. what you ought to be worried about facing the prospect this place will collapse may be within a dozen years, my guess is that mr....
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we have much to do, from bringing our troops home to iraq to reducing our forces in afghanistan. defeating al qaeda and protecting the libyan people. we have to make difficult budget decisions. above all, i will be looking to you and the rest of the joint chiefs for what i value most in our advisers. the advice and the full range of options, especially when it comes to our most solemn obligation, protecting the lives of our great men and women in uniform. we have no greater responsibility, as we are reminded today about those that sacrificed so that we can enjoy the blessings of freedom. thank you for your patriotic service ensure readiness to lead once more. thanks very much, everybody. [unintelligible] >> this week the house is set to begin work on 2012 spending bills. tuesday, a speech from house republican freshmen on defense spending, allen west. you can see his comments live tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. and later, a house panel looks at autism. the hearing is held by a house of foreign affairs subcommittee that starts live at 2:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span2.
we have much to do, from bringing our troops home to iraq to reducing our forces in afghanistan. defeating al qaeda and protecting the libyan people. we have to make difficult budget decisions. above all, i will be looking to you and the rest of the joint chiefs for what i value most in our advisers. the advice and the full range of options, especially when it comes to our most solemn obligation, protecting the lives of our great men and women in uniform. we have no greater responsibility, as...
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my belief in afghanistan is that we need to conduct a war. if we need to conduct a war, and i believe we should, we should conduct a war in a way that we will be successful. we need to work in concert with all the people that you assign to the region and come up with a buy in andhas by i executed. i have concerns that that is not happening. this administration has time limits and conditions on resources that people on the ground are not happy with. there are some other factors at play. the bottom line is a president should not involve the american military unless it has a clear path of victory and pursues that path aggressively. >> [unintelligible] >> i do. yes. >> defense secretary gates and incoming secretary panetta support significant defense cuts in the u.s. military budget. how concerned are you, senator, about america's ability to deal with china's naval buildup and to ensure american dominance of the seas and secure access through specific chokepoints in the pacific and indian oceans? >> that is a good point. there are many others in
my belief in afghanistan is that we need to conduct a war. if we need to conduct a war, and i believe we should, we should conduct a war in a way that we will be successful. we need to work in concert with all the people that you assign to the region and come up with a buy in andhas by i executed. i have concerns that that is not happening. this administration has time limits and conditions on resources that people on the ground are not happy with. there are some other factors at play. the...
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it's afghanistan and pakistan. and you have to take the region, put the region into context, if you will, in just about everything that you are doing. so, we've been throgh a rough patch. we've been trough before with pakistan. and i'm actually hopeful that we can, that we will continue to be able to build on the relationship. we understand each other much better than we did a few years ago. we are still digging our way out of 12 years of mistrust with no relationship from 1990-2002. that's just not going to be solved even in a few years we've been working with them. it's going to take some time. but i think a partnership, a strategic relationship with pakistan in the long run is absolutely vital to the security, not just in that region but becausef the downside possibilities for security, global security. >> afghanistan, neighboring country, as you say you can't consider them together but with 100,000 troops in afghanistan, and many, many thousands more contractors. i want to ask you, and i believe the drawdown is
it's afghanistan and pakistan. and you have to take the region, put the region into context, if you will, in just about everything that you are doing. so, we've been throgh a rough patch. we've been trough before with pakistan. and i'm actually hopeful that we can, that we will continue to be able to build on the relationship. we understand each other much better than we did a few years ago. we are still digging our way out of 12 years of mistrust with no relationship from 1990-2002. that's...
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that we are in iraq and afghanistan. to take a position that might imply obligation on our part to when it comes to libya, but to syria -- libya is like las vegas. what happens in libya stays in libya. what happens in syria will have profound implications for the border arab world and for the carrot-israeli relations -- arab-israeli relations. they could suffer a decisive blow if the assad regime is not defeated. the fact that we are hesitating to come out clearly in the support of the opposition when we did not hesitate to do it in the case of egypt or in the case of libya where we did not have much interest in the outcome is a reflection of constraints our preoccupations or lack of the ability to get engaged. it is ironic that uses the - that it is the turks who are starting to threaten the syrians. but we do not have that credibility at the moment because we are not prepared to move effectively. the russians are not willing to allow the u.s. -- allow the u.n. security council actions. we are getting there, but we are
that we are in iraq and afghanistan. to take a position that might imply obligation on our part to when it comes to libya, but to syria -- libya is like las vegas. what happens in libya stays in libya. what happens in syria will have profound implications for the border arab world and for the carrot-israeli relations -- arab-israeli relations. they could suffer a decisive blow if the assad regime is not defeated. the fact that we are hesitating to come out clearly in the support of the...
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and then in afghanistan. i was only able to meet a small sample of those deployed downrange, it was important for me to look them in the eye one last time and let them know how much i care about them and appreciate what they and their families do for our country. looking forward to this moment, i knew it would be difficult to adequately express my feelings for these young men and women. at least in a way that would allow me to get through this speech. yesterday a personal message from me to all of our servicemen and women around the world was published and distributed through military channels. i will just say here that i will think of these young warriors, the ones who fought, the ones who keep on fighting, the ones who never made it back, until the end of my days. as as contemplating this moment, i thought about something becky told me in january of 2005 when i was asked to be the first director of national intelligence. i was wrestling with the decision and finally told her she could make it easier if she
and then in afghanistan. i was only able to meet a small sample of those deployed downrange, it was important for me to look them in the eye one last time and let them know how much i care about them and appreciate what they and their families do for our country. looking forward to this moment, i knew it would be difficult to adequately express my feelings for these young men and women. at least in a way that would allow me to get through this speech. yesterday a personal message from me to all...
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no longer top down, led by folks first in afghanistan and now pakistan. it is now a loose affiliation of horizontal organizations with loose affiliations with uap, al qaeda, etc., and we have been successful in the grading the top leadership. however, that does not mean that there are not potent leaders in other places. particularly, al-awlaki in yemen. yesterday, john brennan gave a significant speech at john hopkins announcing that the administration's focus is now shifting world wide to a counterterrorism strategy focused on this loose affiliation of al qaeda cells, and the intent is to block them from attacking us here in the homeland. that, i think, is the right focus. let's add one more thing. i said an airplane and that is less likely, but i am sure there are other ways -- and you will get to this -- otherwise where we can see a significant attack in this country. one of them is a dirty bomb attack. when me get back to this, i can explain what i think there is a real risk to them, which would be far more lethal compared to a conventional attack. >>
no longer top down, led by folks first in afghanistan and now pakistan. it is now a loose affiliation of horizontal organizations with loose affiliations with uap, al qaeda, etc., and we have been successful in the grading the top leadership. however, that does not mean that there are not potent leaders in other places. particularly, al-awlaki in yemen. yesterday, john brennan gave a significant speech at john hopkins announcing that the administration's focus is now shifting world wide to a...
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i think any decision about afghanistan has to be made about the facts on the ground in afghanistan. i'll tell you this. i think the killing of bin laden gives us an increase momentum in the war in afghanistan. if i were a leader of the taliban, if i were ramallah -- mullah omar, i would be frightened right now. the mission yesterday, a difficult mission against the very tough target, and this compound was built to house and protect osama bin laden, but they carried it out. so what ever mullah omar and whatever anti-american extremist group, they should be worried. >> i want to comment on the second part of your question that had to do with pakistan. it seems to me that this incident shows that pakistan remains a critical but uncertain ally and in the fight against terrorism. it is very difficult for me to understand how this huge compound could be built in the city just an hour north of the capital pakistan, in a city that contain military installations, including the pakistani military academy, and it did not arouse tremendous suspicion, especially since there was no internet and t
i think any decision about afghanistan has to be made about the facts on the ground in afghanistan. i'll tell you this. i think the killing of bin laden gives us an increase momentum in the war in afghanistan. if i were a leader of the taliban, if i were ramallah -- mullah omar, i would be frightened right now. the mission yesterday, a difficult mission against the very tough target, and this compound was built to house and protect osama bin laden, but they carried it out. so what ever mullah...
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another member of the family has served in afghanistan. nearly 30 members of the family traveled from hawaii to be here, including his sister elaine, and brother eugene. the sacrifice that your family in toward, for the service that family has rendered, thank you so much. i would ask that you all join me in welcoming his nephew george who worked for so many years to get his uncle the honor that he deserves. george? [applause] >> the president of the united states of america, authorized by an act of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress for the medal of honor to private first class anthony kaho'ohanohano, united states army, for conspicuous gallantry in interest. the at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. private first class anthony kaho'ohanohano distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy in the vicinity of chupa- ri, korea. private first class kaho'ohanohano was in charge of a machine gun squad of company f when a numerically superior force launched an attack. beca
another member of the family has served in afghanistan. nearly 30 members of the family traveled from hawaii to be here, including his sister elaine, and brother eugene. the sacrifice that your family in toward, for the service that family has rendered, thank you so much. i would ask that you all join me in welcoming his nephew george who worked for so many years to get his uncle the honor that he deserves. george? [applause] >> the president of the united states of america, authorized by...
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we mentioned a lot about iraq and afghanistan. what comes to mind are our allies and partners and pakistan are critical in what is going on with our efforts there. as a strategic partner, what are your thoughts on how we continue to enhance that relationship, given the difficulties we had recently? >> let me start by saying that we consider our relationship with pakistan to be of paramount importance. we think it is very much in america's interests. it is in the long-term interests of pakistan. for us to work through what are very difficult problems in that relationship, and this is not anything new. we have had a challenging relationship with pakistan going back decades. and we have kind have been deeply involved with pakistan as we were during the 1980's and the support for the moose jaw -- mujahadin and charlie wilson's war. our political decision was that we are exhausted. we are done. we accomplished our mission, which was to break the back of the soviet union. we are out of that. so i think the pakistanis have a viewpoint th
we mentioned a lot about iraq and afghanistan. what comes to mind are our allies and partners and pakistan are critical in what is going on with our efforts there. as a strategic partner, what are your thoughts on how we continue to enhance that relationship, given the difficulties we had recently? >> let me start by saying that we consider our relationship with pakistan to be of paramount importance. we think it is very much in america's interests. it is in the long-term interests of...
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afghanistan has the highest mountains in the earth. we have 100,000 troops in afghanistan. one in three or shooters. they're supposed to keep mr. karzai in power and rebuild the economy, build a transportation and communications infrastructure from scratch, defeat the taliban, and in his spare time, go after bin laden. host: let's go to phone calls. stephen in college park, maryland. caller: there is one sensible, just, -- they should have desecrates his remains. feed it to -- a pig farm lagoon to show the followers would means -- and who is the boss. we're not doing that. it is unfortunate. host: that is your opinion. what about stoking the fire? this is what's osama bin laden -- this is what osama bin laden wanted. guest: to desecrate the body would have made us feel good, but it would have invoked great anger in the muslim world. host: lancaster, california. tony, you are next. caller: i have a question for those who question the burial at sea. where do they think you want -- he should have been buried? in the united states? host: that was part of a report that said it w
afghanistan has the highest mountains in the earth. we have 100,000 troops in afghanistan. one in three or shooters. they're supposed to keep mr. karzai in power and rebuild the economy, build a transportation and communications infrastructure from scratch, defeat the taliban, and in his spare time, go after bin laden. host: let's go to phone calls. stephen in college park, maryland. caller: there is one sensible, just, -- they should have desecrates his remains. feed it to -- a pig farm lagoon...
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it's afghanistan and pakistan. and you have to take the region, put the region into ctext, if you will, in just about everything that you are doing. so, we've been through a rough patch. we've been throh before with pakistan. and i'm atually hopeful that we can, that we will continue to be able to build on the relationship. we understand each other much better than we did a few yea ago. we are still digging our way out of 12 years of mistrust with no relationship from 1990-2002. that's just not going to be solved even in a few years we've been working with them. it's going to take some time. but i think a partnership, a strategic retionship with pakistan in the long run is absolutely vital to the security, not just in that region but because of the downside possibilities for security, global security. >> afghanistan, neighboring country, as you say you can't consider them together but with 100,000 troops in afghanistan, and many, many thousands more contractors. i want to ask you, and i beieve the drawdown is suppo
it's afghanistan and pakistan. and you have to take the region, put the region into ctext, if you will, in just about everything that you are doing. so, we've been through a rough patch. we've been throh before with pakistan. and i'm atually hopeful that we can, that we will continue to be able to build on the relationship. we understand each other much better than we did a few yea ago. we are still digging our way out of 12 years of mistrust with no relationship from 1990-2002. that's just not...
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guest: afghanistan is going to be a huge issue. it is interesting to hear iraq posed in that kind of light as a success story because it has been such a political albatross for politicians here. to hear it posed as a success story, you know, it is an interesting thing to hear. the big question in domestic politics is voters will be voted on afghanistan in 2012. the withdrawal that is supposed to begin pretty shortly here, how fast is it going to be? we do not know. it is such a tough and because if things go badly there, it is going to look bad for obama and tough for him to win votes. if he does not pull out fast enough, he loses support from his base. i think the war is going to be a major factor. host: we are going to be talking about national security issues shortly with bill gertz from the "washington times." let me show you this piece. iowa's record there back in 2000, pickled george w. bush. they have not picked the right one since 1988. with these two states have an impact on 2012? guest: i think so. there is so much moment
guest: afghanistan is going to be a huge issue. it is interesting to hear iraq posed in that kind of light as a success story because it has been such a political albatross for politicians here. to hear it posed as a success story, you know, it is an interesting thing to hear. the big question in domestic politics is voters will be voted on afghanistan in 2012. the withdrawal that is supposed to begin pretty shortly here, how fast is it going to be? we do not know. it is such a tough and...
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he married the woman he loved and his tour of korea behind him he deployed to afghanistan. on september 21 of last year, brendan gave his own life along with eight others in a helicopter crash. heartbroken, yet filled with pride, the manians and the looneys knew only one way to honor their son's friendship. they moved travis from his cemetery in pennsylvania and buried them side by side here at arlington. warriors for freedom reads the epitaph written by travis' father. brothers forever. the friendship between first lieutenant travis manian and lieutenant brendan looney reflects the meaning of memorial day. brotherhood, sacrifice, love of country. and it is my fervent prayer we may honor the memory of the fallen by living out those ideals every day of our lives, in the military and beyond. may god bless the souls of the venerable warriors we lost and the country for which they died. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the playing of "taps" and the benediction. >> present arms! ["taps" plays] >> have a seat for the benediction. >> remember the wisd
he married the woman he loved and his tour of korea behind him he deployed to afghanistan. on september 21 of last year, brendan gave his own life along with eight others in a helicopter crash. heartbroken, yet filled with pride, the manians and the looneys knew only one way to honor their son's friendship. they moved travis from his cemetery in pennsylvania and buried them side by side here at arlington. warriors for freedom reads the epitaph written by travis' father. brothers forever. the...
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i just returned from afghanistan and iraq. i was struck to the degree to which the dead and the state of our economy preoccupied our troops. -- the debt and the state of our economy preoccupied our troops. on the one hand, i found it encouraging that the troops were informed and interested. on the other hand, i found it lamentable that they needed to be. our men and women downrange have enough to worry about just getting the job done. they should not have to also be concerned about whether they will be paid to do that job and whether their families will get the support they need during long absences. we can do better than that as a military and as a nation. as i have said many times, our growing debt remains the biggest threat to our national security. we will do our part in this regard, but we cannot allow that effort to go so far and to cut so deep that it jeopardize our ability to deal with the other very real and very serious threats we face around the world. we cannot allow it to break the all volunteer force upon which w
i just returned from afghanistan and iraq. i was struck to the degree to which the dead and the state of our economy preoccupied our troops. -- the debt and the state of our economy preoccupied our troops. on the one hand, i found it encouraging that the troops were informed and interested. on the other hand, i found it lamentable that they needed to be. our men and women downrange have enough to worry about just getting the job done. they should not have to also be concerned about whether they...
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we spent trillions in the war on terror, iraq, afghanistan. we find nato operations, troops in asia and libya. we're about to spend the next month looking backwards to that 10 years worth of foreign policy expenses. what do you see happening to those expenses? are they going to have to be cut or is the status quo maintained because most of the money would come from entitlements? though others can speak with more authority than me, my own some expenses will be cut back. the chances of us in gauging engaging without how we come out of it and how we finance it is pretty far fetched. i think out of this could come in ourealthy adjustment is defense strategy and expenditures. that would be a good thing. the easiest, some are on the non-defense foreign policy side of the budget. i see those being cut back. areas initiated by president bush or we have some leverage to do some constructive things will be cut back harshly. there are whole hosts of irrational cuts that are being made right now because those are the easiest places to achieve it. i think
we spent trillions in the war on terror, iraq, afghanistan. we find nato operations, troops in asia and libya. we're about to spend the next month looking backwards to that 10 years worth of foreign policy expenses. what do you see happening to those expenses? are they going to have to be cut or is the status quo maintained because most of the money would come from entitlements? though others can speak with more authority than me, my own some expenses will be cut back. the chances of us in...
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the australians had some pretty bad luck recently. -- in afghanistan. we also want to thank bae, steven , bill cooper, the chairman of the board, john wood is here. i mean extend thanks to the veterans advisory board of horizon for coming here today. we will now begin the replaying. the bagpiper will now play amazing grace. you can begin play ink at this time. he is the bagpiper. his father-in-law killed in action on panel 25e. at this time you can begin laying the wreaths. the second to wreath, vietnam memorial veterans fund. third, vietnam veterans women's memorial -- the gold star mothers are at this time laying the wreath. the history channel at this time is getting in place to lay their wreath at the vietnam veterans memorial followed by the first calvary association. gold star wives. and now the noncommissioned officers, tri west healthcare who gave the $1 million challenge. veterans of foreign wars of the united states. west point class of 1953 is here. veterans of the zerizon. post-traumatic stress disorder group of the district of columbia. sec
the australians had some pretty bad luck recently. -- in afghanistan. we also want to thank bae, steven , bill cooper, the chairman of the board, john wood is here. i mean extend thanks to the veterans advisory board of horizon for coming here today. we will now begin the replaying. the bagpiper will now play amazing grace. you can begin play ink at this time. he is the bagpiper. his father-in-law killed in action on panel 25e. at this time you can begin laying the wreaths. the second to...
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beyond afghanistan and iraq, the u.s. bases, as i said, a multitude of other strategic and institutional challenges. we must reset a stressed force, we must prepare for emerging threats, cyber attackers, nuclear proliferation, rising powers that will demand that we work towards greater transparency and better diplomacy. and we must do all we can so that we recognize that in this effort we do not have a blank check from the american people, that we will face the physical challenges that confront us, but we will do it in a way that maintains the strength of our country. based on my long experience in government and in working with budgets, i really believe that we do not have to make a choice between fiscal discipline and national security. by setting priorities based on sound strategy, based on good policy, we can focus a strong and innovative defense policy that confronts the future and deals with the threats that we will face in the future, and that focuses those resources we need at those threats of today and tomorrow.
beyond afghanistan and iraq, the u.s. bases, as i said, a multitude of other strategic and institutional challenges. we must reset a stressed force, we must prepare for emerging threats, cyber attackers, nuclear proliferation, rising powers that will demand that we work towards greater transparency and better diplomacy. and we must do all we can so that we recognize that in this effort we do not have a blank check from the american people, that we will face the physical challenges that confront...
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we are not going to do iraq again or afghanistan again. i don't think we ned to do them again to the country safe from the terrorist threat. i think we are going to use a different model than places like timoney and somalia and it's going to be about training and equipping and supporting local forces, sharing intelligence with them, maybe using our manned aircraft or predator aircraft, may be vocationally specia forces. that is the model how we will wage the war on tear or the next ten year can you see what does that mean for our military? what does it mean for the ground forces and we have to ask exactly the questions peter asked about the big tank formations. i would argue that if we are going to have that model we also need a civilian capacity to help the state's better perform for the people as the deal with these terrorist threats. second, strategic forces. you know, arms control i think has been one of the great forces for preventing countries to do smart things with their military because they wait to have a negotiation where they c
we are not going to do iraq again or afghanistan again. i don't think we ned to do them again to the country safe from the terrorist threat. i think we are going to use a different model than places like timoney and somalia and it's going to be about training and equipping and supporting local forces, sharing intelligence with them, maybe using our manned aircraft or predator aircraft, may be vocationally specia forces. that is the model how we will wage the war on tear or the next ten year can...
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where fighting a bore in afghanistan. there will be pressure from the west. i the most people thought if the leader does not act, the soviet union will intervening, and the people justified his actions in terms of sync if he hadn't acted the soviet union would have sent in forces. in the politburo, they said there was no disagreement. it is very revealing that the movement in poland, which of course got enormous help from the election of the pope, and we have to think the holy ghost in the end for what happened -- [laughter] it was extremely important. >> thank you, david. we have a question are in the back. >> this is directed for the members who care to tackle it. for the past 25 years, we have had a national obsession with transparency. that has been fined for legal, legislative, and financial matters, but when it comes to the military and the intelligence services, how do you feel that affects our national security? >> greg? >> it has a big effect. i did work recently on use of social networking media by the intelligence agencies, and it was a nice look a
where fighting a bore in afghanistan. there will be pressure from the west. i the most people thought if the leader does not act, the soviet union will intervening, and the people justified his actions in terms of sync if he hadn't acted the soviet union would have sent in forces. in the politburo, they said there was no disagreement. it is very revealing that the movement in poland, which of course got enormous help from the election of the pope, and we have to think the holy ghost in the end...
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he clashed with mullen and gates on strategy in afghanistan. he was still a well-connected to the president and in and on the osama bin laden secret operation. he also had some personal issues related to his family life, some questions there. it was a classic washington political battle. host: what is it about general car right the cost of this controversy? guest: the whole question is and this gets into the real interworking. should we have a counter- terrorism strategy and afghanistan or a counter insurgency strategy? the issue is should we go after al-qaeda or rebuild afghanistan? that is the debate that is taking place right now and is at the forefront of all the issues related to troop levels and defense spending. host: what does it mean that general density is now the joint chiefs? guest: is not clear. we do not know his views on this internal battle. again, kind of the larger issues here is what to do with resetting the force? that is going to be his big challenge. president obama said he was going to cut defense spending by $400 billion
he clashed with mullen and gates on strategy in afghanistan. he was still a well-connected to the president and in and on the osama bin laden secret operation. he also had some personal issues related to his family life, some questions there. it was a classic washington political battle. host: what is it about general car right the cost of this controversy? guest: the whole question is and this gets into the real interworking. should we have a counter- terrorism strategy and afghanistan or a...
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i was in libya -- and now we are in libya and afghanistan. boys are getting killed for no reason whatsoever. the debt ceiling is out of sight. you've got politicians in congress making $150,000 or more per year and they are already millionaires. and people in this country are starting to get. -- starving to death. [unintelligible] what about senior citizens? host: thanks for the call. here is a tweet. the "washington times" has a preview of the u.s. open. the location is secret, but many speculative will take place possibly of the army golf course in virginia. at issue today is the troops in libya. senator durbin said he wants more clever -- clearly white house support. let's listen in to what senator john mccain said yesterday on the senate floor. >> the net -- the administration may assert that we are not engaged in hostilities in libya, but the senate should go on record in authorizing these actions. we are in hostilities. we plan to introduce this authorization soon, and i would urge the majority leader to schedule a vote on it quickly. t
i was in libya -- and now we are in libya and afghanistan. boys are getting killed for no reason whatsoever. the debt ceiling is out of sight. you've got politicians in congress making $150,000 or more per year and they are already millionaires. and people in this country are starting to get. -- starving to death. [unintelligible] what about senior citizens? host: thanks for the call. here is a tweet. the "washington times" has a preview of the u.s. open. the location is secret, but...